Browsing Technical documents and research evidence on COVID-19 by Title
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Virtual Trauma-Focused Therapy for Military Members, Veterans, and Public Safety Personnel With Posttraumatic Stress Injury: Systematic Scoping Review
(2020-09-21)Background: A necessary shift from in-person to remote delivery of psychotherapy (eg, teletherapy, eHealth, videoconferencing) has occurred because of the COVID-19 pandemic. A corollary benefit is a potential fit in terms ... -
Virtually Perfect? Telemedicine for Covid-19
(2020-04-30)Recognizing that patients prioritize convenient and inexpensive care, Duffy and Lee recently asked whether in-person visits should become the second, third, or even last option for meeting patient needs. Previous work has ... -
Vitamin D supplementation protects against some acute respiratory tract infections
(2020-03-23)Citation: Martineau AR, Jolliffe DA, Hooper RL, et al. Vitamin D supplementation to prevent acute respiratory tract infections: systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data. BMJ 2017; 356: i6583 What ... -
VRC 320: A Phase I, Randomized Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Immunogenicity of a Zika Virus DNA Vaccine, VRC-ZKADNA090-00-VP, Administered Via Needle and Syringe or Needle-free Injector, PharmaJet, in Healthy Adults
(2016)Background: People get Zika virus from infected mosquitos. They usually don t get very sick. But birth defects were reported in babies born to mothers who had Zika infection. In rare cases, people with Zika infection ... -
Water, sanitation, hygiene and waste management for COVID-19. Technical brief, 19 March 2020
(2020-03-19)Background: This interim guidance supplements the infection prevention and control (IPC) documents by summarizing WHO guidance on water, sanitation and health care waste relevant to viruses, including coronaviruses. It is ... -
Weaning protocols reduce the duration of mechanical ventilation in critically ill adults
(2020-03-16)Citation: Blackwood B, Burns KEA, Cardwell CR, et al. Protocolized versus non-protocolized weaning for reducing the duration of mechanical ventilation in critically ill adult patients. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews ... -
Weather Conditions and COVID-19 Transmission: Estimates and Projections
(2020-05-13)Background: Understanding and projecting the spread of COVID-19 requires reliable estimates of the impact of weather on the transmission of the virus. Prior research on this topic has been inconclusive. We estimate the ... -
What can trends in hospital deaths from COVID-19 tell us about the progress and peak of the pandemic? An analysis of death counts from England announced up to 25 April 2020
(2020-04-28)Background. Reporting of daily hospital COVID-19 deaths in the UK are promoted by the government and scientific advisers alike as a key metric for assessing the progress in the control of the epidemic. These data, however, ... -
What dermatologists could do to cope with the novel coronavirus (SARS‐CoV‐2): a dermatologist’s perspective from China
(2020-03-27)Dear Editor, Coronavirus disease, first emerged in Wuhan, China, rapidly spread all over the country since December 2019. Up to now, the epidemic situation in China remains stable, while the global march of the virus is ... -
What Is Needed to Make Interventional Radiology Ready for COVID-19? Lessons from SARS-CoV Epidemic
(2020-03-13)Dear Editor, We read with interest an article on novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) recently published in the journal by Lin et al.. In this letter, we hope to provide some insights from an interventional radiologist ... -
What is the efficacy of standard face masks compared to respirator masks in preventing COVID-type respiratory illnesses in primary care staff?
(2020-03-30)Most real-world research comparing standard face masks with respirator masks has been in the context of influenza or other relatively benign respiratory conditions and based in hospitals. There are no published head-to-head ... -
What is the evidence for mass gatherings during global pandemics?
(2020-03-20)Background: We previously reviewed the evidence for social distancing in our COVID-19 Evidence Service. Here we take a closer look at the evidence for mass gatherings and sporting events and their impact on health and ... -
What is the evidence for social distancing during global pandemics?
(2020-03-20)Background: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the UK government has now moved from its contain phase to a delay phase. Social distancing measures are being mandated, including self-isolation for anyone with specific ... -
What is the impact of COVID-19 on head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients?
(2020-06-26)Data sources: It is not made clear in this review the different databases selected or how they conducted their search. The studies used are from 1975-2020. Study selection: The authors have performed a scoping review using ... -
What is the risk of transmission of COVID-19 in hospital and long-term care settings, and the impacts of hospital-visitor policies?
(2020-09-23)We identified documents addressing the question of "What is the risk of transmission of COVID-19 in hospital and long-term care settings, and the impacts of hospital-visitor policies?" by searching the guide to key COVID-19 ... -
What is the role of imaging and biomarkers within the current testing strategy for the diagnosis of Covid-19?
(2020-04-08)BACKGROUND: The current standard for testing and direct identification of infection with SARS-CoV-2 is RT-PCR, but it has been observed that high false negative rates may be common. A number of factors could contribute to ... -
What makes health systems resilient against infectious disease outbreaks and natural hazards? Results from a scoping review.
(2019-10-19)BACKGROUND:The 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak was a wake-up call regarding the critical importance of resilient health systems. Fragile health systems can become overwhelmed during public health crises, further exacerbating the ...